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The 1969 Billboard year-end list is composed of records that entered the Billboard Hot 100 during November–December 1968 (only when the majority of chart weeks were in 1969), January to November–December 1969 (majority of chart weeks in 1969). Records with majority of chart weeks in 1968 or 1970 are included in the year-end charts for those ...
The Woodstock Music & Art Fair was a music festival held on a 600-acre (2.4-km 2) dairy farm in the rural town of Bethel, New York, from August 15 to August 18, 1969. Thirty-two acts performed during the sometimes rainy weekend in front of nearly half a million concertgoers.
Timeline of music in the United States; To 1819; 1820–1849; 1850–1879; 1880–1919; 1920–1949; 1950–1969; 1970–present; Music history of the United States; Colonial era – to the Civil War – During the Civil War – Late 19th century – 1900–1940 – 1950s – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s
The Fender Esquire guitar is released; it is the first "mass-produced, solid body electric guitar". [1]The recent success of "Tennessee Waltz", a "folk" or country song, a number of cover versions are released, including Jimmy Mitchell's, arranged for jazz band by Erskine Hawkins, and Patti Page, whose version is "pathbreaking" as Page sings "four-piece harmony with herself, creating a ...
1969 in music, 1969 in British music, 1969 in Norwegian music. Notable events: Woodstock music festival held in Bethel, New York; Deaths of: Brian Jones; Judy Garland; Paul Chambers; Coleman Hawkins; Ted Heath; Leigh Harline; Notable releases: The Beatles – Abbey Road and Yellow Submarine; Bob Dylan – Nashville Skyline; Frank Zappa – Hot Rats
A Harlem Cultural Festival was first proposed in 1964 to bring life to the Harlem neighborhood. [3] At the same time, in the mid-1960s, nightclub singer Tony Lawrence began working on community initiatives in Harlem, initially for local churches, but from 1966 working under New York City Mayor John Lindsay and Parks Commissioner August Heckscher.
3 – The 16th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 3 – 6). [3]The 1st day featured Sun Ra and Space Arkestra, Bill Evans / Jeremy Steig, and George Benson
Led Zeppelin North American Tour 1968–1969; Led Zeppelin North American Tour Spring 1969; Led Zeppelin North American Tour Summer 1969; Led Zeppelin United Kingdom Tour Summer 1969; List of Blind Faith concerts